By Donald Rukare The above question about changing one’s tribe might seem frivolous but I have been prompted to ponder this seemingly empty question in the recent past for a number of reasons. The Constitution of Uganda provides for 65 […]
By Sarnata Reynolds Just as the Republic of South Sudan (RoSS) officially gained nationhood six months ago, hundreds of thousands of southern Sudanese were losing their nationality. While independence was being celebrated in Juba, the government in Khartoum was busy […]
CAIRO (Ma’an) — The Egyptian Ministry of Interior has granted citizenship to 651 children with non-Egyptian fathers, local media reported. Minister of Interior Muhammad Ibrahim said the decision would affect 603 children with Palestinian fathers and Egyptian mothers, Al-Ahram newspaper […]
January 3, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan has launched official passports and identity cards for the first time since the country’s independence in July. President Salva Kiir Mayardit announced the official launch of the documents at a ceremony in Juba […]
Cap.149 Laws of Kenya (2012 revision): Act No. 2 of 1928, Cap. 143 of 1948, as amended by: Act No. 25 of 1950, L.N.299/1956, L.N. 300/1956, L.N. 172/1960, L.N. 173/1960, Act No. 15 of 1961, Act No. 28 of 1961, […]
Mozambique has not signed any of the Statelessness Conventions (neither the 1954 nor the 1961 Statelessness Conventions), although it has adopted a number of international and regional human rights instruments containing important references to nationality. The issue of Statelessness; however, […]
[Laws of Kenya Rev. 2012, CAP 107] REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ACT [Date of commencement: 16th May, 1949.] An Act of Parliament to make provision for the registration of persons and for the issue of identity cards, and for purposes connected […]
The United Nations General Assembly has entrusted UNHCR with a global mandate to protect stateless persons, and to prevent and reduce statelessness1. This mandate includes the UNHCR’s responsibility for providing legal advice on the two international Conventions addressing statelessness, namely […]
General Procedures for all Nationality and Naturalization Certificates: Inquiry and Standard of Proof (22) The Issuing Authority inquires into the facts relating to an application. (23) The responsibility to adduce sufficient evidence to support the application remains primarily with the […]
By Julia Harrington Reddy Slavery in Mauritania is not what most people envision when they hear the word. There are no slave markets; people are not bought and sold (although they may be lent out or rented). Most slaves are […]
On Thursday, the minister of Labour and Home Affairs Edwin Batshu said the Department of Immigration and Citizenship has, this year, approved 567 applications from people wishing to resume their Botswana citizenship. By GOTHATAONE MOENG He said in 2010, the […]
By Bronwen Manby On July 9, 2011, the Republic of South Sudan became Africa’s newest independent state. Among the many issues that were supposed to have been resolved before the formal secession of the new state—in fact, before the January […]